I believe a KID WHO IS PLAYING IS NOT ALONE. THERE IS SOMETHING BROUGHT ALIVE DURING PLAY AND THIS SOMETHING, WHEN PLAYED WITH, SEEMS TO PLAY BACK.*
Lynda Barry

Recovery from trauma involves the restoration of executive functioning and, with it, self-confidence and the capacity for playfulness and creativity.**
Bessel van der Kolk

May you become lost in play –
May you discover that times for play surround us,
May they help you to become wholly you and
me, wholly me.

*Lynda Barry’s What It Is;
**Bessel Van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score.